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Marble fragment with the head of Medea from a 1st or 2nd c AD Roman copy of a Greek original relief, thought to have been decoration from the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora, ca. 420–410 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Marble fragment with the head of Medea from a 1st or 2nd c AD Roman copy of a Greek original relief, thought to have been decoration from the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora, ca. 420–410 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Grave stele fragment with hoplite battle scene. Greek, Attic, ca. 390 BC. Marble. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Grave stele fragment with hoplite battle scene. Greek, Attic, ca. 390 BC. Marble. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Fragment with engraved decoration, possibly from a handle. Old Bering Sea II culture, Alaska, ca. 100-300 AD. Walrus ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Fragment with engraved decoration, possibly from a handle. Old Bering Sea II culture, Alaska, ca. 100-300 AD. Walrus ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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The Relief of Three Dancing Nymphs is a marble relief found in Libya, believed to be a Roman-period Athenian copy of a now-lost 4th-century BCE original by the sculptor Praxiteles. Now housed at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California

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The Relief of Three Dancing Nymphs is a marble relief found in Libya, believed to be a Roman-period Athenian copy of a now-lost 4th-century BCE original by the sculptor Praxiteles. Now housed at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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Terracotta kylix with boy carrying a writing tablet. Greek, Attic, ca. 460 BC. Red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660. See museum link in comments for cup exterior showing boys holding papyrus scrolls. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta kylix with boy carrying a writing tablet. Greek, Attic, ca. 460 BC. Red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660. See museum link in comments for cup exterior showing boys holding papyrus scrolls. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Roman marble sculpture showing the philosopher Socrates. The object is dated to the mid-1st century CE and is a copy of a Greek original from the 4th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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Roman marble sculpture showing the philosopher Socrates. The object is dated to the mid-1st century CE and is a copy of a Greek original from the 4th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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Fragment from a calyx-krater . Gnathian ware, Apulia, ca. 360-340 BC. Terracotta with added color. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Fragment from a calyx-krater . Gnathian ware, Apulia, ca. 360-340 BC. Terracotta with added color. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Red figure calyx krater with a young warrior likely about to leave to war, and a woman passing his helmet to him over an altar. Decoration attributed to the Altamura Painter, Greek, Attic, ca. 470-460 BC. Terracotta. Walters Art Museum collection

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Red figure calyx krater with a young warrior likely about to leave to war, and a woman passing his helmet to him over an altar. Decoration attributed to the Altamura Painter, Greek, Attic, ca. 470-460 BC. Terracotta. Walters Art Museum collection

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Dish with peony. Late 17th or early 18th c. Possibly from the Deccan region, India. Opalescent green glass ; blown, shaped with mold, enameled, and gilded. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Dish with peony. Late 17th or early 18th c. Possibly from the Deccan region, India. Opalescent green glass ; blown, shaped with mold, enameled, and gilded. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Bronze rooster. Greek or Hellenistic, ca. 3rd-1st c BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Bronze rooster. Greek or Hellenistic, ca. 3rd-1st c BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Ritual vessel . China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period . Porcelain with low-relief decoration under yellow glaze . Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the Palace Museum, Beijing

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Ritual vessel . China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period . Porcelain with low-relief decoration under yellow glaze . Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the Palace Museum, Beijing

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A Roman marble head dated around 1st-2nd Century AD has been discovered by Greg Crawley, a construction worker driver while undertaking renovation works in Peterborough. Its bust was also discovered close to the site of the original find and were reassembled.

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A Roman marble head dated around 1st-2nd Century AD has been discovered by Greg Crawley, a construction worker driver while undertaking renovation works in Peterborough. Its bust was also discovered close to the site of the original find and were reassembled.

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Floor mosaic fragment with partridge. Roman, 2nd-3rd c AD. From Sousse, Tunisia, but possibly imported there from Italy. Marble tesserae. Walters Art Museum collection

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Floor mosaic fragment with partridge. Roman, 2nd-3rd c AD. From Sousse, Tunisia, but possibly imported there from Italy. Marble tesserae. Walters Art Museum collection

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Silver box with sleeping Eros. Roman, 4th c AD. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Silver box with sleeping Eros. Roman, 4th c AD. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Head from a statue of the goddess Hathor in the form of a cow. Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, ca 1450 BC. Calcite with lapis lazuli and rock crystal. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the British Museum

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Head from a statue of the goddess Hathor in the form of a cow. Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, ca 1450 BC. Calcite with lapis lazuli and rock crystal. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the British Museum

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A relief fragment depicting an Assyrian soldier conducting captives across the water. In the lower part of the panel, the pole used to propel the boat appears to hit a dead body in the water. Neo-Assyrian period, ca. 668–627 BCE, from Iraq, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A relief fragment depicting an Assyrian soldier conducting captives across the water. In the lower part of the panel, the pole used to propel the boat appears to hit a dead body in the water. Neo-Assyrian period, ca. 668–627 BCE, from Iraq, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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An ancient sculpture showing a Greek strategist. The marble object was discovered in Herculaneum and is dated to the 1st century CE. It is probably a copy of a Greek original from the 5th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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An ancient sculpture showing a Greek strategist. The marble object was discovered in Herculaneum and is dated to the 1st century CE. It is probably a copy of a Greek original from the 5th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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